Learning Mentor

Learning Mentor Required from September 2026 Part time 25 Hours a Week Term time only – 8.15am – 1.15pm Fixed Term – until 31/8/2027 Salary Grade E point 13-19 (£29,064-£32,061 FTE per annum) £16,890.80- £18,632.54 (Actual) Ravensdale Junior School is seeking to appoint a dedicated, resilient and caring professional to provide support and guidance to our pupils to ensure they reach their full potential The role will require you to support us in addressing the needs of identified children in school to overcome their barriers to learning and developing their potential, both inside and outside of the classroom, effecting positive behavioural change through intervention. You would be joining a team of committed and supportive professionals and the school can offer lots of opportunity to develop and enhance your skills through training and support. This is a fixed term role due to our SEND needs. We warmly welcome applications from those who are passionate about making a real difference to the lives of children and thrives on challenging themselves and others to keep on improving. Our working relationships are positive, supportive and forward looking.  Overall Purpose of Post To provide support and guidance to children, young people and those engaged with them, by removing barriers to learning in order to promote effective participation, enhance individual learning, raise aspirations and achieve their full potential. To improve the behaviour of individual children, where this is an issue, by: •      Developing and using strategies, including restrictive physical intervention, to manage and support pupils with SEBD •      working alongside teachers and support staff to promote the effective use of behaviour management strategies; •      working alongside parents in helping them to support the work of the school in improving individual children's behaviour and ensuring that there are effective lines of communication operating between school and home; •      working directly with individuals or groups to raise self-esteem and confidence of pupils with a view to improving their personal and social skills; •      monitoring progress in improving behaviour and maintaining improvements once made •      running break time intervention to support identified children, including lunchtimes and liaising with Mid-day Supervisors. •      Working alongside school leaders to monitor and track patterns and trends in behaviour across the whole school   To improve the attendance of individual children, where this is an issue, by: •      Monitoring all class registers on a daily basis and provide support to the school offi